Bald Fisherman

Dad sung the song “Twinkly-doodle-dum” to Zachary Hudson (1979). Zachary said he was told this song is a Newfoundlander tune. But Zachary has only heard it from his father.
Zachary’s version sounded like this:
There once was a fisherman who sailed out from Pimbeco,
To catch the great marlin and the bold mackerel.
When he sailed out from Pimbeco the stormy seas did fiercely blow.
His little boat went wiggle-waggle and he fell overboard.
Twinky-doodle-dum, twinky-doodle-dum,
Was the highly interesting song he sung.
Twinky-doodle-dum, twinky-doodle-dum,
Sang the bald fisherman.
He wiggled and he wiggled in the water so briny-oh,
He helloed and bellowed but alas, no avail.
Then finally he did glide to the bottom of the silvery tide,
But previous to this he cried, “Fare-thee-well, Mary Jane.”
Twinky-doodle-dum, twinky-doodle-dum,
Was the highly interesting song he sung.
Twinky-doodle-dum, twinky-doodle-dum,
Sang the bald fisherman.
Zachary did not know the origin of this song. So, I started to do my research and found out this song was written and composed by G.W. Hunt.
GEORGE WILLIAM HUNT

Dinkle doodle dum, dinkle doodle dum we call Musical Onomatopoeia. “Some musical onomatopoeia is associated with specific music instruments — the twang of a banjo or guitar, for example, or oompah for a tuba, or plunk for a keyboard. Others imitate a metallic sound, and these often end in ng: ting, ding, ring, ping, clang, bong, brrrring, jingle, and jangle. Then there are some that clearly evoke wind instruments, like blare, honk, and toot; and another group that seem percussive, like rap, tap, boom, rattle, and plunk. A person making music without an instrument might hum or clap or snap. From: https://kh057.k12.sd.us/onomatopoeia%20examples.htm

Original text of the “Bald Fisherman” by G.W. Hunt

There was once a bold Fisherman,
Who sailed forth from Billingsgate,
To catch the mild bloater
And the gay mackerel,
But when he arrove off Pimlico,
The wind it did begin to blow.
And his little boat it wibble-wobbled so,
That slick overboard he fell.
CHANT: All among the Conger eels, and the Dover soles, and the kippered herrings, and the Dutch plaice, and the Whitebait, and the Blackbait, and the Tittlebats and the Brickbats—

Chorus: Dinkle doodle dum, dinkle doodle dum,
That's the highly interesting song he sung,
Dinkle doodle dum, dinkle doodle dum,
Oh! the bold fisherman.

First he wriggled, then he striggled,
In the water so briny;
He bellowed, and he yellowed
Out for help, but in vain;
Then down did he gently glide,
To the bottom of the silv'ry tide,
But previously to that he cried,
"Farewell, Mary Jane."
CHANT: On arriving at the terra firma, at the bottom of the aqua pura he took a cough lozenge, and murmured,

Chorus: Dinkle doodle dum, dinkle doodle dum,
That's the refrain of the gentle song he sung,
Dinkle doodle dum, dinkle doodle dum,
Said the bold fisherman.

His ghost walked that night
To the bedside of his Mary Jane,
He told her how dead he was;
Then says she, "I'll go mad.
For since my love's dead," says she,
"All joy from me's fled," says she,
"I'll go a raving luniack," says she,
And she went, very bad.
CHANT: She thereupon tore her best chignon to smithereens, danced the "Can-can" on top of the water-butt, and joined "the woman's rights association," and frequently edifies the angelic members by softly chanting,

Chorus: Dinkle doodle dum, dinkle doodle dum,
That's the kind of soul-inspiring song she sung,
Dinkle doodle dum, dinkle doodle dum,
Oh! the bold fisherman.